‘He loved serving’: Minnesota lawmaker dies after contracting coronavirus

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A Minnesota state senator died from complications related to COVID-19 and is believed to be the first lawmaker in the state to succumb to the effects of the illness.

Jerry Relph, a Republican senator from St. Cloud, died on Friday, his wife, Pegi Broker-Relph, said in a Friday night statement. Relph had been ill for weeks after contracting the coronavirus.

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